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CAN. No. 297,990. PatentfiedMay 6 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

WILLIAM HARRIs, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,990, dated May 6,1884:.

' Applieationfiled February 5, 1884. (No model.)

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HARRIS, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Cans, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to produce a convenient attachment to apeddlers milkoan, or a can or vessel holding other liquids,

quantities, as in retail trade; and'the invention consists in parts, andtheir combination herein below fully described, and more particularlypointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ordinarymilk-can with my improved parts attached in position, portions of thecan being broken away. The can is represented in a central verticalsection on the dotted line y in'Fig. 4; Fig. 2, a side elevation of theupper portion of the elevator barrrel, viewed as indicated by arrow z inFig 1. Fig. 3 is an end View of the measure, serving to close the mouthof thecan, viewed as indicated by arrow .1; in Fig. 1, and showing moreclearly the braces or bars marking off its pint and quart measures; andFig.4 is an outline plan of a portion of the can with parts removed,viewed as indicated by arrow 00 in Fig. 1.

Referring to the parts, A is a milk-can, substantially of common formused by milkvenders, having a dome-shaped top, B, and the usual centralvertical ring, G, forming-the neck of the can. there arises from the topB a short tube, b, parallel with the ring, which tube is provided with aspout, D, leading out from one side thereof and away from the can, asshown. Down through the tube b a pump-barrel or pump, F, is placed,reaching to the bottom of the can A, which barrel F just fills theinterior of the tube. Through the side of the barrel F, near the topthereof, an opening, a, is formed to correspond to the size and positionof the inner end of the spout D, to the end that when milk is raised inthe barrel by At the side of the ring 0,

the plunger it will flow through the opening a and out through thespout.

c is a piston or plunger, of common form, for the barrel, with a rod, e,connected therewith, and extending upward through the barrel.

cl is an inverted thimble, telescoped within the upper end of the barrelF, and the plunger-rod e passes up into the interior of the same, and issecured to the end plate or cap, t, thereof.

f is a handle for the thimble, by taking hold of which the plunger maybe worked up and down in the barrel, and raise milk to the spout D, inthe usual manner. When the snugly-fitting thirnble is pressed into thebarrel F, it closes the upper open end of the same, and passes down byand closes the opening (1, also of the pump, it being of sufficientlength to reach below the opening, as shown, and prevents the milksplashing out thereat during handling of the can or during travel. Whenthe plunger is raised to bring the milk up to the spout, the thimble issimultaneously drawn out of the barrel and uncovers the hole a of thelatter, so the milk may have easy egress at the spout.

G is a cup-shaped st'opper for the mouth H of the can, substantiallylike those in common use. I prefer to employ bars 9 and h,

the stepper, both for the purpose of stiffe n; ingthe sides of thestopper and for marking offfirespedti'vely, a pint and a quart measuretherein. It is designed to use sto r or cup G for a measure for themilk, to be held under the spout D to receive the milk drawn extendingdiametrically across the interior of from the can by means of the pumpor elevator, as above described.

The pump or-the gaged stopper may be used with a kerosene can or cask,or with any other fluid package, from which the fluid is to be drawn andmeasured in small quan- A fluid or milk can, A, provided with a theupper open end of the pump and the tube, 1), in addition to the usualneck, 0, ris- I opening a, substantially as shown and de- 10 ing abovethe top of the can at one side of scribed. the neck, and provided with aspout, D, in combination with apump, F, extending down through the tubeinto the interior of the can,

\VILLIAM HARRIS.

Witnesses:

the said pump having an opening, a, oppo- E. B. W'HITMORE, site thespout D, and a thimble, d, to close M. A. \VALSH.

